Depression
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) is a psychiatric illness that could occur within the first month of a trauma occurrence. The symptoms of this disorder often last from three days to a month if exposed to other traumatic events.
Individuals with this disorder might also experience a great deal of guilt as to not being able to prevent the incident or not being able to move on fast enough from the trauma.
Panic attacks are generally common in the month of the relevant trauma.
When experiencing Acute Stress Disorder, the events affect an individual in a way that creates fear, horror, and helplessness in a way that is incredibly intense.
This illness often triggers the development of symptoms in individuals who have witnessed an event involving it.
- Death.
- Death threats to oneself or other people.
- Serious injury to oneself or other people.
- Physical violence or threat of physical integrity of oneself or others
